George Michael James Giles
- George Michael James Giles
George Michael James Giles (1853 - 1916) was an English surgeon and entomologist who specialised in mosquitoes.He wrote "A report of an investigation into the causes of the diseases known in Assam as KaÌ_la-AzaÌ_r and Beri-Beri" (1890).and "A handbook of the gnats or mosquitoes giving the anatomy and life history of the Culicidae, together with descriptions of all species notices up to the present date". 2nd edition, rewritten and enlarged. xi + 530 pp., illus. London.(1902)
Giles described several new species of mosquitoes. Two of the most important are Culex tritaeniorhynchus, described in 1901, [A plea for the collective investigation of Indian Culicidae, with suggestions as to moot points for enquiry, and a prodromus of species known to the author. "Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society " 13, 592-610 [http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/pdfs/049500-3.Pdf] ] and Anopheles culicifacies, described in 1901 with three other species. [Description of four new species of Anopheles from India. "Ent. mon. Mag." 37:196-198). [http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/pdfs/049500-4.pdf] ]
References
* Evenhuis, N. L. 1997 "Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758-1930)". Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). Leiden, Backhuys Publishers 1; 2 VII+1-426; 427-871
External links
* [http://wrbu.si.edu/mq_litcited/mq_litG.html List of works on mosquitoes] from the Walter Reed Unit
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp68102&rNo=0&role=sit Portrait]
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